All they will call you Woody Guthries lyrics. When the craney when the plane crashed in 1940 eight, Woody Guthrie was in new york at the time, and one of the great folk rebellious icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of these names. He had traveled to the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s and 40s and was familiar with the plight of migrant farm. He was upset by the omission of the names. He said that is no way to treat our brothers and sisters and he wrote a poem about it. And in this poem, he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by giving them fake names. Assigning them names. And he said, goodbye juan, wonte rosalita you have a name when you write that big airplane. All they will call you will be deportation all they will call you will be deportee. And that really caught my attention. ,s that all they will call us because i, matt because i come from a family of farmworkers. Who is they, and who is all, and what do
Hi, im debby lam, the coordinating producer on our cities tour team. This year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops from fresno, california. Its the statists largest inland city and serves as a major hub for agricultural production. Theyre flying me back the Mexican Border it comes from Woody Guthries lyrics. It story goes when the plane crash happened in 1948 and the news reports went across it country Woody Guthrie was in nuvg at the time and of course one of the great sort of rebellious folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. He himself had traveled to the valley, so he was familiar with the plight of migrant farm works at the time. And he was upset by the omission of the names. He said thats no way to treat our brothers and sisters, and so he wrote a poem about it. And in his poem he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by gi
Exploring their unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops from fresno, california. Its the statists largest inland city and serves as a major hub for agricultural production. Theyre flying me back the Mexican Border it comes from Woody Guthries lyrics. It story goes when the plane crash happened in 1948 and the news reports went across it country Woody Guthrie was in nuvg at the time and of course one of the great sort of rebellious folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. He himself had traveled to the valley, so he was familiar with the plight of migrant farm works at the time. And he was upset by the omission of the names. He said thats no way to treat our brothers and sisters, and so he wrote a poem about it. And in his poem he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by giving them fake names, assigning them names. And he says in his poem, goodbye to my juan, goodbye, ro
Its the statists largest inland city and serves as a major hub for agricultural production. Theyre flying me back the Mexican Border it comes from Woody Guthries lyrics. It story goes when the plane crash happened in 1948 and the news reports went across it country Woody Guthrie was in nuvg at the time and of course one of the great sort of rebellious folk icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of the names. He himself had traveled to the valley, so he was familiar with the plight of migrant farm works at the time. And he was upset by the omission of the names. He said thats no way to treat our brothers and sisters, and so he wrote a poem about it. And in his poem he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by giving them fake names, assigning them names. And he says in his poem, goodbye to my juan, goodbye, rose litta, you wont have a name, all they will call you will be deportee. That really caught my attention, and is
Lawmakers, that is more beholden, looking to the clients, that is a big ethical challenge going forward. A literary tour of fresno, california. We hear from journalist mark arax about the geographic landscape of the san joaquin valley. I had a choice a long time ago before i went to school in the east in baltimore. Going around the country, placing written books and stories i stayed decided to come back here to understand what it is. That linked up to the other stories and i hear the stories, africanamericans came west, mexicans crossing the border, not very different from my grandfathers tail, my grandfather came here in the 1920s. The name of a river that flows down from mount ararat, he was a poet and erics was his pen name, the army and navy means the son of. We were the son of joseph. It was a more literary pen name. It was going to be a poet, and the Armenian Genocide broke out and he had to hide in an attic in istanbul from 1915 to 191617 and went up there with his books, all th